People and service personnel of the Korean People’s Army throughout the country paid tribute to the statues of the peerlessly great leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Kim Jong Il’s start of leadership over the revolutionary armed forces. Placed before the statues of the great […]
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The Pyongyang Embroidery Institute, located on the bank of the Pothong River, has been widely known as the centre of studying, producing and spreading the traditional embroidery of Korea. The institute studies and develops embroidery that preserves the pictorial features of the Korean painting which is peculiar to the Korean nation, and produces manual and […]
The DPRK is building up the material foundations for the sports sector. Over the past five years, one thousand and several hundred sports facilities have been built and more than 10 000 existing ones, repaired throughout the country, including gymnasiums, stadiums, training centres and sports parks. Kim Il Sung Stadium and Taekwon-Do Palace have undergone […]
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The Agricultural Information Institute under the Academy of Agricultural Science has recently completed the field digital map and introduced it into the agricultural sector of the country. The map contains databases of all arable lands in the country according to classification of fields and land categories. It supports the data of soil and weather conditions […]
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Many little talents are being produced in the DPRK. Recently, Kim Su Ryo entered a primary school after finishing Phalgol Kindergarten No.1 in Mangyongdae District, Pyongyang. Since she was three years old, she has been called a literature prodigy as she would make stories of her own way after reading illustrated books, to the wonder […]
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Aug
The participants in the 6th Plenary Meeting of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun on the evening of August 19 to pay homage to the great leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il. The members of the central leadership body of the WPK […]
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The DPRK has directed efforts to the creation and conservation of forests in the first half of this year. Modernization of tree nurseries, production of wild fruit trees and other species and tree planting went full steam ahead. Achievements were also made in preventing damage to forests from pests. South Phyongan, North Hwanghae, Kangwon provinces […]
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Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un sent medical supplies to the people in Taechong-ri, Unpha County, North Hwanghae Province. A meeting of conveying them took place in the county seat on August 15. It was attended by county officials, employees of the county people’s hospital and inhabitants of Taechong-ri. The chairwoman of the Unpha County Committee […]
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Moran Hill in Pyongyang, whose name derived from its appearance resembling a blooming peony flower, abounds with historical remains associated with the Korean nation’s intelligence and talent. In particular, there are many remains of the Walled City of Pyongyang built in the period of Koguryo (277 BC-AD 668), including Ulmil and Choesung pavilions, and Chilsong, […]
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Okryu Restaurant in the capital city of Pyongyang is a renowned structure of Korean architectural style with elegant and unique gabled roofs. The appearance of the restaurant which stands on the Okryu cliffs on the banks of the picturesque Taedong River resembles the wings of a flying crane. As a Korean saying goes that the […]
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Aug
Aug
A few hours’ drive along the Youth Hero Motorway from Pyongyang reaches a rural village nestled at the foot of the hills on the left. This is the seat of Thaesong-ri in Kangso District of Nampho. Thaesong-ri is associated with the leadership exploits of President Kim Il Sung who visited it several times to acquaint […]
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Aug
The Pujon Plateau in South Hamgyong Province, one of the eight scenic spots in Korea, offers spectacular scenery of highlands and valleys, and even sunrise over the faraway East Sea of Korea. In the middle of the plateau surrounded by high mountains of some 2 000 metres is Lake Pujon stretching from north to south. […]
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Aug
Pyongyang Municipal Aviation Club always takes leading places in the sporting aviation events of annual games including the Republic Championships. It regards it important to select reserves with a clear head and suitable constitution for each event and instruct them to acquire correct techniques from the basic training period, thus preparing them into promising players. […]
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Aug
Aug
The Pomiculture Institute under the Academy of Agricultural Science is producing findings conducive to developing the pomiculture of the country. In the past, it has registered over 300 varieties of fruits as the national species and developed the methods for cultivation of dwarf apple trees and close planting of pear trees and established a fertilizing […]
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Aug
The Korean young people are glorifying the days of their precious youth with feats of creation for the county’s prosperity, and among them are young scientists of the State Academy of Sciences. Regarding the creation of new things as their ideal and goal, they have made a big stride in pioneering and developing several branches […]
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Aug
The city of Samjiyon in Ryanggang Province at the foot of Mt Paektu greeted the first summer after its facelift. Samjiyon County was promoted to the city at the end of last year after it was turned into a model of mountainous city encapsulating modern civilization. The Pegaebong observation platform is sited to command a […]
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Aug
Aug
“A scientist must take it for granted to challenge the unexplored field of science to blaze a new path.” This is what Dr. and associate professor Pak Jong Ok, lecturer of Physics Department of Basic Science Faculty of Pyongyang University of Mechanical Engineering, always says to her disciples. Born into a teacher’s family, she was […]
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The Kwangpho Duck Farm in Jongphyong County, South Hamgyong Province, is making achievements in the scientific research for putting the breeding of Cygnus atratus on an industrial basis. The meat of Cygnus atratus is recognized as an outstanding health food and ideal anticancer food in the 21st century for its peculiar taste and high nutritive […]
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Aug
Aug
Jindallae mobile phones are good-looking in shape, diversified in colour, high in quality and comfortable to use. They have such applications as fingerprint, image and speech recognitions. They are produced at the Jindallae Mobile Phone Factory located in Mangyongdae District of Pyongyang. The factory with an annual production capacity of hundreds of thousands of phones […]
